Federal appeals court dismisses challenge to FCC net neutrality rules

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Monday granted [order; PDF] a motion [text, PDF] by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] to dismiss a challenge to the new net neutrality rules. Verizon and MetroPCS [corporate websites] filed an appeal challenging the new net neutrality rules [text, PDF] that allow the government to regulate Internet traffic to preserve the Internet as a free and open platform of communication. The court dismissed…